Other airports testing NFC technology include France's Toulouse-Blagnac airport and several Australian airport gates run by Qantas.
"The deal between Qantas and Emirates will strengthen Qantas' international operations, " said Siva Govindasamy of Flightglobal.
Qantas's site has more details on the program, which has been running since November.
Qantas said China Eastern Airlines is China's second largest airline in terms of passengers carried.
Meanwhile, Qantas has said it will close some international routes and cut almost 500 jobs.
With federal elections due next year, the issue of a Qantas takeover is a sensitive one.
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Would this have been a completely different story if Smith had been kicked off Qantas?
Don't confuse the gesture with a sudden bout of altruism on Qantas' part, however.
Qantas has also lost passengers to rival carriers, reducing its share of the international market.
"This wasn't about self-service at the expense of staff, " said Gabriella D'Alessandro, Qantas's head of technology operations.
The Qantas emergency moreover was more frightening than anything the 787 seems to have suffered.
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The carrier, Jetstar Hong Kong, will be the first low-cost airline based in Hong Kong, according to Qantas.
Once he is a full member he can rightly ask after the loyalties of Qantas and Air Berlin.
Qantas just upped the ante for its Australian counterparts Jetstar and Virgin in the airline tablet wars.
Australia's Qantas Group and China Eastern Airlines have agreed to launch a new budget carrier for the Chinese market.
Qantas had been state-owned until 1995, when privatization also set a 49% cap on the amount foreigners could own.
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ARINC, a technology firm, says it plans to launch in-air services with Qantas and a second, unnamed Asian airline.
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Qantas, American Airlines and seven other international carriers place Unicef envelopes in their seat back pockets.
The expansion is in line with Qantas' strategy to revive its international business.
Chef Neil Perry, hired by Qantas in 2003, initiated a move to healthy eating in first and business class.
Qantas is facing the threat of increased competition on one of its key routes - Sydney to Los Angeles.
It's now unclear whether Qantas will be able to fill its A380 flights.
Qantas recently unveiled plans to provide similar suite-like seating aboard planes in 2008.
But a foreign takeover of the airline looks tricky, since the law states Qantas must be at least 51% Australian-owned.
Qantas has laid off thousands of workers, shed poorly performing routes and expanded into fast-growing Asian markets in recent times.
At present, a foreign airline can only own 25% of Qantas, rising to 35% for a group of overseas carriers.
In the meantime, hop past the break for a Qantas video explaining how QStreaming worked during the original trial run.
Airlines planning to operate the A380 at Heathrow include Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Virgin Atlantic, Qantas, Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines.
"The time was right for developing a long term, future forward partnership with Qantas, the iconic Australian airline, " Clark said.
Qantas, which has its headquarters in Sydney, is the second-oldest airline in the world and marked its 90th anniversary last year.
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